Cleveland, Blackberry Smoke's Starr enjoy "One Horse Town"
The track features vocals from Starr and Cleveland's longtime Flamekeeper bandmate, Josh Richards, buoyed by the instrumental backing of Flamekeeper.
The track marks the fourth song out from the 12-time IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year and GRAMMY Award-winner's forthcoming album, "Lovin' Of The Game," coming March 3 on Compass Records.
"One Horse Town" came out yesterday. Cleveland departed from the traditional bluegrass sound. The song follows the releases of last month's "For Your Love" featuring Billy Strings, the LP's lead single "Sunny Days (Are Comin' Once Again)" in October 2022, along with the title track "The Lovin' Of The Game" released in December.
Marking Cleveland's sixth studio album, the disc was produced by Jeff White, Sean Sullivan and Cleveland. Appearing on the dozen tracks are Bela Fleck, Billy Strings, The Travelin' McCourys and Vince Gill.
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- 01/20/23: Cleveland teams up with Strings, White
- 12/09/22: Cleveland believes in "The Lovin' of the Game"
- 08/16/22: Blackberry Smoke celebrates "The Whippoorwill" anniversary with tour
- 09/08/20: Isbell, Blackberry Smoke play drive-in gigs
- 01/07/19: Blackberry Smoke plans to Break It Down acoustically
- 07/19/18: Blackberry Smoke announces acoustic set
- 04/06/18: Blackberry Smoke tries to "Find a Light"
CD reviews
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